Colour chart The 3 Basic colours A s h R e d Ash Red Spread Ash Red Check Ash Red Bar B l u e / B l a c k Black (Spread Blue) Blue Check
Blue Bar B r o w n Brown Spread Brown Check Brown Bar Patterns Spread Ash Red Spread Ash Red
Spread Blue (Black) Spread Brown T-Pattern Ash Red Check T-Pattern Blue Check T-Pattern Blue Check Ash Red Check Blue Check
Brown Check Barless Blue Almond and Kite Young Spread (Black) Almond cock Same bird as above at 5 years old. Young Spread (Black) Almond hen Classic colored Almond WOE Tumbler hen
The above two pics are Ash Red Almond Almond Roller Almond Roller Magnani (Almond) Modena Almond Monk-Marked Indian Fantail Almond Self Indian Fantail
Classic Almond ESF Tumbler Almond Roller A couple young Classic colored Almonds The above two pics are of an extremely rare Brown Almond Roller cock at 5 years old Almond Roller
Almond Roller Ash Red Almond Kite Roller hen Kite ESF Tumbler Qualmond Spread (Black) Qualmond cock Blue Qualmond
Blue Qualmond Blue Qualmond Blue Qualmond Blue Qualmond cock Blue Qualmond hen Blue Bar Qualmond Roller Spread (Black) Qualmond cock
Blue Qualmond cock Spread (Black) Qualmond cock Blue Qualmond cock Dun (Dilute Black) Qualmond Recessive Yellow Qualmond Roller hen Recessive Red Qualmond Roller cock Blue Qualmond cock
Dilute Brown Check Silver (Dilute Blue Check) Notice the difference between Brown and Silver. Brown Spread Dun (Dilute Black) Notice the difference between Brown and Dun. Khaki (Dilute Brown) Check Khaki (Dilute Brown) Spread
Khaki (Dilute Brown) Bar Khaki (Dilute Brown) Spread Recessive Yellow (Dilute Recessive Red) Cream Bar (Dilute Ash Red Bar) Cream Check (Dilute Ash Red Check) Cream Check (Dilute Ash Red Check)
Cream Check (Dilute Ash Red Check) Notice the tail shot. Creams will always show a lightening in the tail and flights, distinguishing it from Recessive Yellow. Cream Check (Dilute Ash Red Check) Silver Bar (Dilute Blue Bar) Recessive Yellow (Dilute Recessive Red) Grizzle Ash Red Grizzle
Blue Grizzle Blue Grizzle Blue Grizzle Blue Grizzle Black Grizzle Blue Grizzle in combination with Modena Bronze Recessive Yellow Grizzle showing the Pepperhead marking.
Dark Tort Brown Grizzle Blue Grizzle Blue Grizzle Ash Red Grizzle Ash Red Grizzle Ash Red Grizzle
Reduced Grizzle Silver Tort Medium Tort Light Tort Medium Tort (Juvenile plumage) Homozygous Blue Grizzle Sometimes called "Stork Marked" Medium Tort
Recessive Yellow Mottle Black Mottle These are sometimes referred to as "Tiger Grizzles" Black Mottle Black Mottle Black Pepperhead Grizzle This bird will moult into a Mottle. Black Pepperhead Pepperheads are often bred from Mottles and can produce Mottles as well. Faded
Faded Brown Faded Brown Faded Blue Faded Brown Faded Brown Faded Blue Faded Brown
Faded Blue Faded Blue The above two pics are of the same bird. It is a Faded Black. The top picture is the juvenile feather, the bottom is the adult plumage. The following pics are a wonderful illustration of the drastic change that occurs from squeaker to adult plumage in a Faded Black cock bird. The pics are in order based on the age of the bird to show the change as it happened. All pictures are of the same bird.
Many thanks to Steve Ceasar for the pics. Reduced Reduced Ash Red Reduced Recessive Red Reduced Blue Reduced Ash Red
Reduced Blue The two birds above are the result of Reduced on Spread, but with the bars showing through, creating the white bar effect. Reduced Black Reduced Black Reduced Blue Bar Reduced Brown
Reduced Blue Reduced Blue Reduced Black Mottle Reduced Blue Bar in combination with Homozygous Indigo Reduced Black Pied Reduced Blue Indigo Bar Reduced Blue Indigo Bar
Reduced Blue The two pics above are very young birds showing how drastic the change in from juvenile to adult plumage in Reduced. Reduced Black Reduced Black Reduced Recessive Red Dominant Opal Ash Red Dominant Opal
Ash Red Dominant Opal Ash Red Dominant Opal Recessive Red Dominant Opal Recessive Red Dominant Opal Black (Spread) Dominant Opal Black (Spread) Dominant Opal Silver (Dilute) Dominant Opal
Faded Black Dominant Opal Blue Bar Dominant Opal Blue Bar Dominant Opal Blue Bar Dominant Opal Blue Bar Dominant Opal Blue Bar Reduced Dominant Opal Black (Spread) Reduced Dominant Opal
Recessive Red Dominant Opal Dominant Opal Blue Grizzle Blue Check Dominant Opal Blue Check Dominant Opal Blue Check Dominant Opal Blue Check Dominant Opal T-Pattern Blue Check Dominant Opal (Juvenile Plumage)
T-Pattern Blue Check Dominant Opal (Adult Plumage) Ash Red Bar Dominant Opal Blue Bar Dominant Opal Blue Check Indigo Dominant Opal Blue Bar Indigo Dominant Opal Blue Check Dominant Opal Saddle
Homozygous Andalusian Dominant Opal Blue Check Indigo Dominant Opal Blue Check Indigo Dominant Opal Spread Dominant Opal Grizzle Recessive Opal Recessive Opal Blue Bar Recessive Opal Blue Check
Recessive Opal Blue Check Recessive Opal Blue Check Indigo Indigo Check T-Pattern Indigo Check Indigo Bar Andalusian
Indigo Bar Bald Three variations of Indigo From left: Dilute Indigo Bar, T-Pattern Indigo Check, & Dilute T-Pattern Indigo Check. Homozygous Indigo Bar Homozygous Indigo Bar Notice the similarities of Homozygous Indigo and Ash Red. The Ash Red is pictured below. The distinguishing characteristic is the dark head color in the Indigo. Ash Red Bar Ash Red Indigo Bar
Dilute Indigo Bar Ash Red Indigo Check Notice again the darker colored head. Homozygous Andalusian Homozygous Andalusian Dilute (Dun) Andalusian Dilute Indigo T-Pattern Check Dilute (Silver) Indigo Check
Dilute (Silver) Indigo Bar Reduced Homozygous Indigo Bar Andalusian Qualmond T-Pattern Indigo Check Splash Milky Powdered (Milky) Silver Bar Milky in combination with Modena Bronze
Milky Brown Milky Brown Milky Blue Bar Milky Black Sometimes called Lavender. Milky Ash Red Check Milky Blue Bar Milky Recessive Red
Milky Black Sometimes called Lavender. Pencil Blue Check that carries Pencil Tail shot of a Blue bird that carries Pencil. This lightening effect is very common among birds that carry Pencil. Blue Check that carries Pencil showing a lot of Bronzing. Blue Bar Pencil
Blue Bar Pencil Recessive Red Pencil Blue Check Pencil Blue Check Pencil Brown Pencil Blue Check Pencil Blue Check Pencil (Juvenile Plumage)
Blue Check Pencil (Adult plumage of bird above.) Recessive Red Recessive Red Recessive Yellow (Dilute Recessive Red) Toy Stencil Blue White Bar Toy Stencil Roller Ice Toy Stencil is at least partially responsible for the Ice color. Blue Check Toy Stencil Lahore
Saxon Monks The White Bars and Spangles in Saxon Monks are the result of Toy Stencil. Black White Bar Toy Stencil Starling Recessive Red White Bar Toy Stencil German Trumpeter Recessive Red Toy Stencil Roller Frill Stencil Brown Frill Stencil Silver Frill Stencil
Black Frill Stencil Roller Blue Frill Stencil Roller Blue Frill Stencil Roller Black Frill Stencil Bronze M o d e n a B r o n z e Blue Gazzi (Modena Bronze Blue Bar)
Blue Grizzle (Modena Bronze Blue Bar Grizzle) Milky Bronze (Modena Bronze Blue Check Milky) Bronze (Modena Bronze T-Pattern Blue Check) Blue (Modena Bronze Blue Check) Blue (Modena Bronze Blue Check) Bronze Argent Gazzi (Modena Bronze T-Pattern Check) Sulphur (Modena Bronze Dilute)
A r c h a n g e l B r o n z e Gold Blackwing (Archangel Bronze, Pale, & T-Pattern Blue Check) Copper Whitewing (Archangel Bronze T-Pattern Ash Red) T i p p l e r B r o n z e Tippler Bronze T-Pattern Blue Check) Tippler Bronze T-Pattern Blue Check Grizzle) O t h e r B r o n z e Bronze Catalonian Tumbler Pied or piebald
Magpie Marked Magpie marked birds show white heads and wings and are sometimes mistakenly called Saddles. Whiteside Whitesides are a colored bird with solid white wing shields. Baldhead True Baldheads should show a white head, white flights, and a white tail with the rest of the bird colored. Hungarian Marked Hungarian marked birds have their own distinct markings as shown in the picture above. Bodymark Bodymarks are a solid colored bird with a pure white tail. The opposite is Tailmakr which is a solid white bird with a colored tail. Saddle Marked Saddle marked birds are a solid white bird with colored wing shields. They are the opposite of Whiteside.
Saddle Marked Voorburg Shield Croppers and other shield marked breeds are the same as Saddles. Bellneck Bellneck is a form of Pied where the bird is almost entirely white with just a patch on the back of the neck that is colored. Bellnecks get their name from this markig which resebles a bell shape patch of color. Heavy Pied This is a good example of a non classified Pied marked bird. Badge Marked Badge marked birds have a big range of possibilities, but are generally regarded as birds with any white in the head that is not Baldhead or Beard Marked. Mosaic Ash Red/Blue Mosaic
Ash Red/Blue Mosaic Lavender/Black Mosaic Blue Chec/??? Mosaic Ash Red/Blue Mosaic
Ash Red/Blue Grizzle Mosaic Lavender/Black Mosaic Reduced Recessive Red/Black Mosaic Black/Blue Mosaic Ringneck Doves Tangerine Tangerine Pearl This is actually Homozygous Tangerine, regardless of what it's bred to or the sex, will produce 100% Tangerines of some kind.
Orange Pearl (Dilute Homozygous Tangerine) Wild Type Blond or Fawn (Dilute Wild Type) Rosy Peach (Dilute Rosy) Mosaic An extremely rare mutation same as Mosaic in Pigeons. White
True White Doves show some slight cream coloring on the undersides of the tail and may show a slightly darker neck ring. They also have orange eyes. Wild Pied Fawn or Blond Pied Bulleyed White BEW's are simply Pied birds that show no colored feathers. These birds have a dark beak and dark eyes. These are also pure white with no blemishes or discoloring. Albino These are true Albinos with snow white plumage and pink eyes. Dark Frosty Frosty's always show a grizzling effect in the flights where normal colored birds do not. This bird is a combination od Wild and Frosty. Blond or Light Frosty This is a combination of Fawn or Blond, and Frosty.
Violet-Neck A combination of Frosty and Tangerine Pearl. Orange-Neck A combination of Frosty and Orange Pearl. Ash A combination of Frosty and Tangerine. Ash Pearl Same as Ash, but showing a variation of pearling effect. Roan A combination of Frosty and Rosy. Sunkist A combination of Frosty and Peach.
Pink A subtle combination of Tangerine and White. Dark Ivory A combination of Ivory and Wild. Apricot A combination of Ivory and Tangerine. Ivory Sometimes called Show Ivory. A combination of Fawn or Blond and Ivory. Cream A combination of Ivory and Rosy. Cream Pied A combination of Ivory, Pied, and Rosy.
Platinum A combination of Ivory, Frosty, and Tangerine. Silver Ivory A combination of Ivory, Frosty, and Wild.